Postby justTripn » Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:54 pm
Last night I watched the HBO series premiere of "Men of a Certain Age," starring Scott Bakula, Andre Braugher, and Ray Ramano. Well, long story short: It is boring and depressing. There are NO jokes in this show. The closest thing to a joke in the whole hour long show was that Ray Ramono's character runs over a possum. He feels guilty that it might be still alive so he backs up and runs over it again. Then looks back and sees the possum get up and crawl to the side of the road. Which just about sums up how boring and depressing this show is.
Andre Brauher has put on alot of weight since homicide and it being HBO, they had to show us this real up close and personal in a waking up in bed naked shot. TOO much information!!! The fact that he is overwieght is a key plot point. Ray Ramano's character is divorced because he has a gambling problem. He owns a store and forces the employees to listen to classic rock all day long, because he is old fashioned and likes classic rock. Scott Bakula is the most upbeat character playing an aging but still quite attractive actor who hasn't had any big parts lately. I have to hand it to him: He can transform himself for a role, as we saw each week in Quantum Leap. On Enterprise, he was the slightly goofy looking, lonely-at-the-top Captain. Here he is not goofy-looking at all. He is this surprisingly sexy aging actor who can still attract young girlfriends. And I'm not going "eww." He totally embodies this new character.
But I doubt I will ever watch this show again. The theme of the show is that these characters have pathetic lives. And I'm not feeling the "bromance" that was promised. The three men get together to go hiking for exercise and confess to each other how pathetic their lives are. And what can you say, it's true. It's pathetic and depressing.
I'm donating my body to science fiction.